FERNDALE – A Troy man was arrested after police said an officer on patrol saw him early Saturday morning.

The officers saw the man, 25, in a Woodward alley near East Breckenridge about 2 a.m. near the Bosco nightclub. Police said the man was standing between a parked Jeep and a building.

When police confronted the man he denied that he had been urinating. Police said the man appeared to be intoxicated.

“When the officer asked him for his ID he handed the officer his cell phone,” said Ferndale Police Sgt. Patrick Jones.

Advertisement

The man refused to submit to a preliminary breath test. He was handcuffed and taken to jail.

The man later posted a $500 bond and was ticketed and released pending a future court date.

Women fight over man

FERNDALE – Police from Ferndale and Hazel Park responded to a report of a fight at a house near the cities’ border.

Police said two female cousins, ages 43 and 41, were fighting at a house in the 1900 block of Pilgrim in Ferndale when officers arrived.

Both of the women were intoxicated, police said.

One of the women was sitting on a washing machine when the other one grabbed her and scratched her, starting the fight.

The women both had scratches to their faces and necks. Another person at the house later told police the two women were fighting over a man who apparently was having a relationship with both women, police said.

The women were arrested for misdemeanor assault and battery.

Thieves steal cars

MADISON HEIGHTS – Two cars were stolen in the city over the weekend at an apartment complex parking lot.

One of the vehicles is a red 2000 Dodge Intrepid and the other is a gold colored 2000 Dodge Intrepid. Both cars were parked at a lot in the 31000 block of Concord Drive.

One was reported stolen on Friday and the other was reported stolen early Sunday.

Thief fails to get into SUV

MADISON HEIGHTS – A thief tried to get inside a 2007 GMC Envoy but was unsuccessful.

Police said the owner reported that someone damaged the driver’s door handle on Friday.

The SUV was parked in front of the owner’s house in the 26000 block of Alden when the incident happened, police said.

Drunken Tigers fan takes nap on Big Beaver

TROY – A Sterling Heights man was arrested for drunken driving after police said he parked his car in a turnaround lane on Big Beaver and went to sleep.

Police spotted the man’s car parked in the turnaround at Talbot about 1:20 a.m. Sunday. The driver, 38, was reclining in his seat and asleep with the lights on and the motor running police said.

When officers woke him up, the man told officer he was returning from the Tigers final losing game with the Giants in the World Series and had too much to drink, police said.

The man failed field sobriety tests. A blood test was done and results are pending.